| Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.2.8 |
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| This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0/10.0. |
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| You don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the |
| binaries from: |
| http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
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| More information can be found at this site. |
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2008 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| - Compile assembly code (with Visual Studio Command Prompt) by running: |
| bld_ml64.bat (in contrib\masmx64) |
| bld_ml32.bat (in contrib\masmx86) |
| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 |
| - Or run: vcbuild /rebuild contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln "Release|Win32" |
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2010 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc10\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 |
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2012 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 |
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| Important |
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| - To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the |
| macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files. |
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| Additional notes |
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| - This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built |
| by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at |
| http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
| It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and |
| includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that |
| particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll. |
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| - The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible |
| versions of zlib.dll on the Internet. |
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| - There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one |
| is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file |
| win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution. |
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| - There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol |
| has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do |
| not define it here. |
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| Gilles Vollant |
| info@winimage.com |
